To think the teachers were BU?

I have a DN (aged 9) and my DS was telling me that yesterday in school was very, very cold. So cold that according to DN all he kids were huddled together in big coats and rubbing their hands to try to keep warm at dinner break (which lasts an hour). Numerous children had asked the supervisor if they could all go inside for break as it was too cold, but when the supervisor asked the head teacher, she refused. DN said that her hands were bright red and the little ones especially were cold. AIBU in thinking the headteacher should have allowed to children to spend break inside than in the freezing cold for 1 hour when they were clearly uncomfortable?

Pictish I feel the same about the gilet. I see the lovely ladies in the Fat Face catalogue wearing them and think "I'm getting one of them," then when I did have one if it was cold enough for the thickness of the gilet, my bloody arms were freezing! Pointless.

Anyone else forced to do PE outside all through winter, in shorts and tshirts? We used to beg the teachers to let us don track suits. Teachers would insist we just needed to run around more and we'd be fine. Needless to say they were always dressed for an arctic expedition.

We used to get taken by bus to a local park to play netball in the winter - I remember not being able to do up the buttons on my blouse because my fingers were freezing, even after a shower! Character-building! Who wants to raise a new generation that can't handle getting cold and wet once in a while?!

Allow them to wear track suits and they rock up in shorts and t shirts as they can't be bothered to carry it (incidentally though they don't tend to moan about the cold since it was their choice!).

I also love gilets - but it needs to be a 'proper' one - hiking shop and padded rather than thin and wafty or a fashion one - great for hiking when you need your core to stay warm but a coat is too much.

goodness me it is hardly artic weather poor precious children get them hats scarves and run around children are not as hardy as they used to be, in my day blah blah the teachers were being reasonable it wasn't raining it was dry let them run around and stop being so soft

The children need to get outside and run around otherwise they're like demons for the afternoon. They're not delicate little flowers, a bit of cold won't hurt them. And as others have said their parents need to ensure they have hat, gloves, scarf, heavy coat etc.

Been at the chalkface for thirty years, girl and woman and crone... Sod it, I've been at the chalkface when it was a chalkface and not a Smartboard.Where high tech was three colours of chalk and playground duty involved leather footballs. And puddles.<Hard>